MARLBOROUGH – A Marlborough man is facing felony breaking and entering charges after police say he broke down his ex-wife’s door Tuesday because he wanted his TV back.

"I just came to get my TV," 41-year-old John S. Cavicchio allegedly told police who found him down the street from the woman’s Lincoln Street home. "I didn’t do anything."

According to a report filed in Marlborough District Court, police at 4:30 p.m. rushed to the woman’s multifamily home on the 200 block of Lincoln Street after a 911 caller reported a man had just kicked down her apartment door.

Police said the woman told officers that she and Cavicchio, her ex-husband and the father of her children, had been arguing over the phone and that he wouldn’t stop calling her.

She told police that when she got to her home, Cavicchio was walking toward her house. She said that despite being told to stay out, he entered the home and followed her upstairs, where she had locked herself inside her apartment.

The woman said Cavicchio began yelling and banging on her door, telling her to open it and "give him back his television."

The woman said Cavicchio then told her he had called the police, at which time she opened her door and peeked outside.

At that time, Cavicchio started to run toward the door, the woman said. She slammed it shut and locked it, police wrote, because she was scared.

The woman told police that Cavicchio then broke through the door, at which time she called police. Police observed that the door’s strike plate and screws had been forcibly removed and said there were pieces of wood and a doorjamb in her kitchen.

Police said Cavicchio gave police his own account of the incident. That account wasn’t included in the police report filed in court.

Cavicchio, of 35 Padula Drive, was charged with breaking and entering during the daytime for a felony, assault and vandalizing property. Judge Michael Fabbri ordered him held without bail pending a hearing Monday to determine whether he poses a danger to society.

If he is not found dangerous, a judge would set bail for Cavicchio at Monday’s hearing. Cavicchio was originally released on $1,000 bail before his arraignment Wednesday, records show.

Brad Petrishen can be reached at 508-490-7463 or bpetrishen@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter @BPetrishen_MWDN.